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1. Epiphan
y!
Beginning of a new adventure.

2. The Life of a Christian Tourist

3. Tourists: superficial, consumer-oriented, pleasure, comfort

4. Tourists: rather see the sites than go the distance

5. Tourists: entertainment value

6. Next StepWe are the adventurers of God’s Kingdom!

7. ex·hil·a·ra·tion noun
1.a feeling of intense excitement, euphoria or bliss.

8. ex·hil·a·ra·tion noun
1.a feeling of intense excitement, euphoria or bliss.

9. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares
the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm
you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

10. God has a PLAN …
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for
the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not
walk in it.’Jeremiah 6:16

11. God has a PLAN …
You have a Choice

12. The Plan will PROSPER you
“I have come that you may have life and have it
abundantly.” John 10:10

13. The Plan will PROSPER you
I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places,
so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel,
who summons you by name. Isaiah 45:3

14. The Plan will PROSPER you
"Our prayers are answered not when we are given what we
ask but when we are challenged to be what we can be." M Alder

15. God’s Plan will not HARM you
I will go before you and make the crooked places straight.
Isaiah 45:2

16. God’s Plan will not HARM you
CHRIST: He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—
how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Rm 8:32
CHURCH: Encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact
you are doing. 1 Thess 5:11
CONFIDENCE: Let us then approach God’s throne of grace
with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find
grace to help us in our time of need. Heb 4:16

17. God’s Plan will give you HOPE
Hope does not escape circumstance, it TRANSCENDS it.
“In Christ we are more than conquerors…” Rm 8:37

18. God’s Plan will give you DESTINATION
We must have some credible vision of the future
before we can release the past.

19. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD,
“plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you
hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

20. I will go before you and will level the mountains;
I will break down gates of bronze
and cut through bars of iron.
I will give you hidden treasures,
riches stored in secret places,
so that you may know that I am the LORD,
the God of Israel, who summons you by name. Isaiah 45:2-4 (NIV)

21. I will go before you and make the crooked places straight.
Isaiah 45:2

22. “We are kept from our goal not by obstacles
but by a clear path to a lesser goal.” Robert Brault

23. The test of leadership is simple:
Are the people entrusted to our care better off?